Clothes hanging supporting device



Au 11, 1936. LEFKOWITZ 2,050,616

CLOTHES HANGING SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 14, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l BY Armin/5% Aug. 11, 1936.- s. LEFKOWITZ CLOTHES HANGING SUPPORTING DEVICE Filed Dec. 14, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 544/052 lsF/roir/rz. INVENTOR- Patented Aug. 11, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 2,050,616 CLOTHES HANGING SUPPORTING DEVICE Samuel Lei'kowitz, New York, N. Y. Application December 14, 1933, Serial No. 702,339

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes line supports of the class adapted to be carried by a window jamb or the like; and it has for an important object to provide a device of this character which can be readily disposed to project into the window opening when in use so that the operator will not have to lean out of the window when attaching clothes to the line.

Heretofore, there have been clothes line hanging devices consisting essentially of an extended arm pulley support which is hinged on a window irame or the like and is operated by circling said pulley support horizontally on its axis.

A disadvantage in the foregoing designs is the manner in which it is necessary to fold the pulley arm support when it is not in use.

In my invention the pulley that is mounted on the extended arm support is so hinged as to permit of greater steadiness of the loaded clothes line, and greater ease of hanging clothes thereon.

A further advantage of my invention is that the extended arm support is carried in a vertical position when not in use. This position is less cumbersome and more convenient than that of the extension arm support being hinged and housed in a horizontal position.

My invention consists essentially of a support which may be attached to either side of a window or the like, and which has an extended arm support which projects inwardly with respect to the window. The arm support aforesaid may be turned to a vertical position after the hanging of clothes or the like upon the clothes line shall have been completed. I

The pulley extension arm support may be locked in position when hanging the clothes, and also when the device is not in use. The pulley I2 is hinged on a journal l9, and in addition to said hinging movement, the pulley turns on the swivel 35. This action enables the pulley l2 to adjust itself to the varying position taken by the clothes line l5.

In further description of my invention the accompanying drawings are included in this specification in which- Fig. 1 is a section of a window or similar opening with the device in position to support the clothes line upon which clothes or the like are hung. The manner of housing the arm support 9 when not in use is shown in the dot and dash outline 30.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1, showing the clothes line 3! in a position different from that of the line l5 shown in Fig. 1. The figure also illustrates the changing positions that the pulley 12 may assume in accord with the varying positions taken by the line 3|.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal view of the clothes hanging device.

Fig. 4 is a section of the clothes hanging device on a line 4-401 Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail side view on a line 5-5 of Fig. 10 of the locking means for the arm support 9, the lockingmeans being shown also in 10 Fig. 9.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the hanging device shown in Fig. 3.

Figs. '7 and 8 are views showing the construction of hook supports for the clothes line 15.

Figs. 9 and 10 are enlarged detail views of the locking means of the clothes hanging device; Fig. 9 showing the pulley arm support unlocked, and Fig. 10 the pulley arm support in a locked position.

Referring to the details of the drawings, I is a section'of the window wall, 2 is a sectional view of a window having sashes 3 and 4.

Bracket 5 is suitably secured to one sash of the window by screws 6. A guide riveted to the bracket 5 by rivets 8. A pin II], which extends through both the plate 1 and bracket 5 serves as a pivotal support for an extension arm support 9.

The extension arm pulley vided with a pulley l2, said pulley having a guard IS. The pulley swings horizontally on bushing 18 that is secured to the arm support 9 by means of the pin IS. The pulley I2 also turns on swivel 35 secured to collar I! which in turn is secured to the bushing l8.

A handle 20 is mounted on the pulley. guard l6 and serves to manually operate the arm support, 9, to swing the same in a vertical arc of which the pivot pin I0 is the center.

A guide plate 1 is provided to secure the pulley arm support in position when the said support is in use and in the position when not in use as shown in Fig. 1. The guide plate 1 has three substantially oval slots as shown in Fig. 3, and in detail in Figs. 9 and 10.

A key handle 22 is provided with a keyed extension 32 which secures the arm support 9 rigidly in either of the two positions named by being inserted in one of the oval slots 2| on the guide plate I.

The arm support 9 is provided with a substantially oval slot 34, and the key handle 22 is provided with a similarly shaped locking lug 33.

plate 1 is 25 support 9 is pro- The key handle 22 is provided with a chain 24 which secures it to the arm support 9 by means of the bolt 23 which ensures the key against loss when it is not inserted in one of the oval slots aforesaid.

When the key handle 22 is inserted through the slot 34 and into one of the oval slots 2I and then turned to an angle of 90, the key handle 22 securely locks the arm support 9 on the guide plate! in the position desired.

Fig. 7 shows a carrier hook fixture 28 preferably formed of one piece of metal and which has curved sections 25 and 21. Bushings .26 are fitted into the hook sections 25. The line I5 is threaded through either of the bushings 26 depending upon which section 25 is uppermost. These bushings serve to guide the upper section of the clothes line-I5. is also provided with a hook 21 guide and support the lower section of the clothes line I5 when the device is not in operation. The fixture 28 as shown in Fig. 7 is provided with duplicate curved sections 25 and 21, one above the other. The duplication referred to enables the pulley arm support device to be mounted on either side of the window 2. Should it be desirable to move the device to the opposite side of the window, the device is turned around which reverses the positions of the sections 25 and 21 of fixture 28; also the upper slot 2I of the guide plate I is in such an event reversed, which places it at the lower position of said guide plate. v

The fixture 28 is secured to the arm support which serves to j 9 by means of screws or rivets through screw holes 29.

In Fig. 1 the line I5 isshown extended to pulley I3 which is secured to hook I4. It is not necessary that the pulley I3 be in a directly opposite position to the clothes hanging device.

' Should the pulley I3 be out of line with respect to the hanging device aforesaid, the angular The fixture 28 difference of the line I5 is corrected by the ability of the pulley I2 to swing to the proper supporting position of said line and without interfering with the free movement and function of the latter. Nor will there be any slacking of the line I5 due to the support given it by the sections 25 and 27 on the fixture 28.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim is A clothes line support comprising a fiat plate, an arm having a clothes line supporting portion at one end, means pivotally connecting the other end of said arm against one face of said plate adjacent one edge of the latter and in a manner whereby the arm swill swing parallel with and in contact with the plate so that the plate will sustain the portion of the arm adjacent said pivot against transverse pressure in one direction, a T-shaped bracket providing head and stem portions secured to the other face of said plate adjacent the aforementioned edge of the latter and also adjacent the edge of said plate which is opposite said aforementioned edge, the opposite ends of the head of said T-shaped bracket extending beyond the last-mentioned edge of said plate and being ofiset from said plate and providing means for attachment to a window jamb adjacent a sash guide strip, said head portion of said T-shaped bracket being disposed inwardly of and adjacent the secondmentioned edge or" said plate whereby the latter is adapted to overlie a sash guide strip, said head of the T-shaped bracket providing a guide stripengaging stop to prevent the strip-overlying plate portion from projecting into the path of the sash, said plate having adjacent its secondmentioned edge a series of spaced holes disposed radially of said arm pivot, and pin means carried by said arm and selectively engageable in said holes for maintaining said arm in different positions.

SAMUEL LEFKOWITZ. 

